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According to the Associated Press, Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats have agreed to count more than 46 thousand of the state’s roughly 58 thousand prisoners in their last known address, and not in the prison where they are being held. The original homes of the other 12 thousand prisoners could not be located.

Back in 2010, the legislature passed a bill requiring prisoners to be counted in their home neighborhoods for redistricting purposes. Senate Republicans sued arguing the law was unconstitutional, and lost. They did file an appeal to the states highest court, the Court of Appeals, but now ...

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